Mark Schoeff Jr.

Mark Schoeff Jr. is a senior reporter at InvestmentNews. Based in Washington, D.C., he covers legislation and regulations affecting retail investment advisers and brokers. Prior to joining InvestmentNews in 2010, he wrote about employment and labor law for Workforce Management, a magazine that was published at the time by Crain Communications. He is a member of the National Press Club board. Before migrating to the editorial side of the journalism ecosystem, he served as press secretary for the late Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana and as director of external relations for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank in Washington. In a region where people keep their hometown loyalties intact, he has lived in the Washington area long enough to become an actual fan of the Nationals, Wizards, Capitals and the Washington Football Team. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University and a master’s degree from George Mason University.

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House Republican budget blueprint tweaks Dodd-Frank, sets back SEC
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 26, 2011
House Republican budget blueprint tweaks Dodd-Frank, sets back SEC

House Republicans presented a blueprint for the fiscal 2012 budget on Tuesday that seeks to end what they see as an onerous provision of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, dials back federal spending to a level that Securities and Exchange Commission officials say would hamstring the agency and recommends a tax overhaul that includes eliminating major tax breaks.

Obama puts money where his mouth is on tax return
NEWS RIAS APR 25, 2011
Obama puts money where his mouth is on tax return

The president's policy goals are reflected in his personal money management, according to an expert who reviewed the tax returns the country's chief executive made public after paying his family's annual bill to the government he runs.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 20, 2011
SEC gets modest bump in its fiscal 2011 budget

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 20, 2011
Reg switch from SEC to states delayed until 2012

NEWS RIAS APR 19, 2011
CFP Board bolsters ethics curriculum

In a move likely to be closely watched by the financial planning community, a leading adviser-credentialing organization is reforming its ethics requirements to focus on its own conduct and practice standards

Fiduciary-duty rule pushed back
NEWS RIAS APR 19, 2011
Fiduciary-duty rule pushed back

SEC nixes April-June target to gather more industry feedback

Tax reform could mow down deductions, special cap gains treatment
NEWS RIAS APR 15, 2011
Tax reform could mow down deductions, special cap gains treatment

The mortgage expense tax deduction and other 'sacred cows' would be gutted under an influential lawmaker's tax proposal

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 13, 2011
Tax reform debate awaits a presidential push

Broad outlines of the debate over comprehensive tax reform are starting to emerge on Capitol Hill

Ramped up SEC enforcement targets fund industry
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 12, 2011
Ramped up SEC enforcement targets fund industry

Commission said to be addressing substantial risks in the market that have gone unchecked; 'there's going to be a lot of trouble ahead'

Government may shut down, but the IRS goes on
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 05, 2011
Government may shut down, but the IRS goes on

Taxpayers still need to file by April 18 — even if federal government's gone fishin'